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Paul Chato
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • writer
  • television executive
  • web developer
  • entrepreneur
Known forMember of The Frantics
Notable work

Paul Chato is a Canadian comedian, writer, former television executive, web developer and entrepreneur. He is best known as a member of the comedy troupe The Frantics.[1][2]

Chato was born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Hungarian parents. He grew up in Don Mills, a planned community outside Toronto. He graduated from Don Mills Collegiate in 1973 and later studied Radio Television Arts at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.[3]

Career

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After graduating from Ryerson, Chato became an art director with Kelly’s Stereo Mart. He later joined Rick Green to form Green and Chato, a two-man comedy team.[3] In 1979, Green and Chato joined Dan Redican and Peter Wildman to form the comedy group The Frantics.[3][2][1][4]

The Frantics' work included stage performances, the CBC radio series Frantic Times, and the CBC Television sketch series Four on the Floor.[1][5] The Canadian Communications Foundation's History of Canadian Broadcasting describes Four on the Floor as an important CBC sketch-comedy series and notes that The Vacant Lot, co-created by Chato, was among the later CBC sketch-comedy programs that followed in its tradition.[1]

From 1989 to 1991, Chato was head of television comedy at CBC Television.[6] In 1990, Broadcast + Technology identified him as head of CBC sitcoms.[7]

Web development and business work

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In addition to his continued association with The Frantics, Chato is the president of Your Web Department[8] (formerly Electramedia), an international web development company.[3] In 2001, the Government of Canada trade publication CanadExport described Chato as president of G + A Electramedia, a Toronto-based web design and development company.[9] The company won a Best of COMDEX award for Best Security Product for AccessArmor, a managed password-authentication product.[9]

Online work

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Chato has channels on YouTube and Odysee. His entertainment-review channel, Call Me Chato, reviews popular entertainment from the perspective of a "former Network executive".[10][11] He also has a social-commentary and news-reaction channel called aPauling News.[12] His earlier YouTube videos focused on IT-related comedy and technology.[10]

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Corcelli, John (November 2005). "Four on the Floor". The History of Canadian Broadcasting. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The Frantics: Four more on the floor". Peterborough Examiner. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Paul Chato: Small business web content costs money". Toronto Star. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "A Brief History of Time". The Frantics. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Frantics Comedy Troupe Resurrects Historic Radio Show as Podcasts". Newswire.ca. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  6. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulchato [self-published source]
  7. ↑ Porteous, Sandra (July–August 1990). "Atlantic Airwaves" (PDF). Broadcast + Technology. Vol. 15, no. 10. p. 104. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Your Web Department". Retrieved 2 September 2014. Paul is the president of Your Web Department.
  9. 1 2 "Revolutionary security software Electramedia wins COMDEX award" (PDF). CanadExport. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. 17 December 2001. pp. 9, 13. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Call Me Chato". YouTube. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Paul Chato". Odysee. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "aPauling News". YouTube. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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